Noun | 1. | head - the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window" Synonyms: caput |
2. | head - a single domestic animal; "200 head of cattle" | |
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4. | head - a person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation" | |
5. | head - the front of a military formation or procession; "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack" Antonyms: rear - the back of a military formation or procession; "infantrymen were in the rear" | |
6. | head - the pressure exerted by a fluid; "a head of steam" | |
7. | head - the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list" Antonyms: foot - the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain" | |
8. | head - the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream" Synonyms: headspring, fountainhead | |
9. | head - (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent Synonyms: head word | |
10. | head - the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates) | |
11. | head - the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head; "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his horse won by a head" | |
12. | head - a dense clusters of flowers or foliage; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce" Synonyms: capitulum | |
13. | head - the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal" | |
14. | head - an individual person; "tickets are $5 per head" | |
15. | head - a user of (usually soft) drugs; "the office was full of secret heads" | |
16. | head - a rounded compact mass; "the head of a comet" | |
17. | head - the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container; "the beer had a large head of foam" | |
18. | head - the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column" Synonyms: forefront | |
19. | head - a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday" | |
20. | head - forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the gale" Synonyms: headway | |
21. | head - a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north" Synonyms: point | |
22. | head - the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets" Synonyms: question | |
23. | head - a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text" | |
24. | head - the rounded end of a bone that bits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint; "the head of the humerus" | |
25. | head - that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves | |
26. | head - (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk Synonyms: read/write head | |
27. | head - (usually plural) an obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person's head; "call heads or tails!" Antonyms: tail - (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head | |
28. | head - the striking part of a tool; "the head of the hammer" | |
29. | head - (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship | |
30. | head - a projection out from one end; "the head of the nail", "a pinhead is the head of a pin" | |
31. | head - a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum Synonyms: drumhead | |
32. | head - oral-genital stimulation; "they say he gives good head" Synonyms: oral sex | |
Verb | 1. | head - to go or travel towards; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains" |
2. | head - be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?" Synonyms: lead | |
3. | head - travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession was headed by John" Synonyms: lead | |
4. | head - be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel; "This student heads the class" Synonyms: head up | |
5. | head - direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | |
6. | head - take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas" | |
7. | head - be in the front of or on top of; "The list was headed by the name of the president" | |
8. | head - form a head or come or grow to a head; "The wheat headed early this year" | |
9. | head - remove the head of; "head the fish" |